Textile-fabric strip.



T. W. HANRATH.

TEXTILE FABRIC STRIP.

. APPLICATION FILED JUNE I. 1916.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

" T j t THEODORE W. HANRATH, 01E CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO STEIN dzCOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OI ILLINOIS.

TEXTILE-FABIC STRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. T2, INLET.

Application filed June 7, 1916. Serial No. 102,327.

at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certainnew and use ful Improvements in Textile-Fabric Strips, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

The present invention, while susceptible of much wider application, hasfor its object, to provide a simple, cheap and effective substitute fornon-elastic webbing such as is used in the manufacture of parts ofgarters, suspenders and like articles.

The invention consists in forming a fabric strip of textile material,the strip being folded longitudinally and having inwardly turned edgesthat are united together by cernent.

Figure 1 is a plan view showing a strip of textile fabric, the edges ofwhich have been folded inward toward the center upon the same side ofthe material and to these folded edges a line of cement has beenapplied. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the strip after it hasbeen folded longitudinally, the folded edges being separated for betterillustration. Fig. 3 is a view of a portion of a garter having myimprovedfabric strip embodied therein. Fig. 4 is a View in crosssection, upon an enlarged scale on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

The strip A of suitable textile fabric such as cotton or the like, iscut from a broader strip and the raw edges a of the strip A are foldedinward toward the center of the strip upon the same face thereof.- Afterthe edges a have thus been folded inward, a line of cement, preferably asuitable water-proof cement b, is applied, preferably to both of thefoldededges a, although the application of the cement to one edge may besufiicient.

After the cement b has thus been applied to the folded edges a the stripA is folded centrally as'shown in Figs. 2 and 4, so as to bring theedges a together and the folded edges of the strip are pressed firmlytogether so as to insure the cement securely uniting the edges. Thefolding of the strip and the application of the cement to its edgesmaybe effected in any suitable manner, care being taken to ihsure thesecure joining of the folded edges (1 together. When the strip A has hadits edges a folded and united by cement b, the exposed faces of thestrip will appear exactly alike and the edges will appear substantiallyalike and have a smooth and finishedv appearance.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing I have shown one. end of the garter having theusual fasteners C connected to the body I) of the garter by means of myimproved strip A.- My improved strip afiords a cheap and eii'ectivesubstitute for non-elastic webbing and its advantages would bereadilyunderstood by those familiar with this class of articles.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is As a new article of manufacture, asubstitute for non-elastic webbing consisting of a strip of textilefabric folded lengthwise and of two-ply thickness throughout the greaterportion of its width, said strip having inwardly folded edges inalinement and cemented together.

THEODORE W. HANRATH.

